Thesaurus: broil

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1. n. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
2. v. t. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
3. v. t. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
4. v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
5. n. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
6. v. cook under a broiler
7. v. heat by a natural force
8. v. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
9. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Burke. Syn. -- Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar. 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals. 2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.
10. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention;discord, either between individuals or in the state.I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human naturewhich will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in whatsituation you please. Burke.
11. n:8/v:92 n. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) v. cook under a broiler v. heat by a natural force